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PEOPLE & CULTURE
fight like soldiers, die like

When you’ve been to hell and back, how do you shake the memories?

This question has haunted General Roméo Dallaire since 1994, when he was UN
Force Commander during the Rwandan genocide, explored in our
award-winning documentary Shake Hands with the Devil.

Now, Dallaire has found a reason to live: embarking on a global mission to end

the use of child soldiers.
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Will Dallaire succeed where others have failed? Or will he once again be forced Producer YOP
to look on as the world turns away? White Pine Pictures 2012

The subject of child soldiers understandably attracts interest. There is nothing as
troubling as a stolen childhood. How do you recover after being compelled to
kill—a fate facing 300,000 children, boys and girls, fighting in 30 conflicts around
the world?

This phenomenon has been explored in documentaries before, of course.
However, as we experienced making Shake Hands, there is something uniquely

compelling about Dallaire—his charisma, candor, and experience captivates an
audience. This is a film...